Fantasize about role playing? One of the most popular venues for role playing medieval fantasy is the board game, Dungeons and Dragons. Get a group of three or four together and have a blast!

You Will Need: • A Dungeons and Dragons group • A Player's Handbook • Pencil and paper • A Monster Manual • A Dungeon Master's Guide • A tetrahedral dice set for each player • Character sheets (optional) • A computer with internet access (optional)

Step 1: Join a Dungeons and Dragons groupJoin a Dungeons & Dragons group. The group will typically consist of 3 to 7 individuals. One person is the Dungeon Master. The other members of the group are players.

Step 2: Choose your characterChoose your character. You might, for example, choose to be a fighter, rogue, wizard, or cleric. The Player's Handbook describes the rules & options for playing characters.

Step 3: Keep notesKeep track of statistics related to your character & the game with a pencil and paper.

Step 4: Accept an adventure assignmentAccept an adventure assignment from the Dungeon Master, like protecting a town from goblins, saving a damsel, slaying a dragon, or looting a wizard's tower. The Dungeon Master finds statistics for the monsters that Player Characters encounter in the Monster Manual. Adventures are described in the Dungeon Master's Guide.

Step 5: Roll a dieRoll a twenty-sided die to determine the outcome when you face an action that has a possibility of failure. The Dungeon Master will set the target number that your roll is measured against. If you roll a smaller number, your action fails. Other dice determine other results, such as how much damage your weapon or spells cause and the damage to you if you get hit.

Step 6: Continue playingContinue playing until your campaign is over, & then begin a new one. Collect experience to raise your character to higher levels with every adventure, and hope your character doesn't die in the process.